معرفی
Jessie Shelton is an Associate Professor and Compton Faculty Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), affiliated with the Grainger College of Engineering. She earned her PhD from MIT in 2006 and conducted postdoctoral research at Rutgers, Yale, and Harvard before joining UIUC in 2014.
Her research focuses on particle physics beyond the Standard Model, with emphasis on dark matter and Higgs boson phenomena. Shelton explores cosmological implications of early universe physics, gravitational wave signatures, and collider-based probes of exotic particles. Her work bridges theoretical models with observational and experimental data, contributing to studies of the electroweak phase transition and hidden sector dynamics.
- Awards: 2020 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering, DOE Early Career Award (2017).
- Teaching: Courses include Thermal & Statistical Physics (PHYS 427), Quantum Physics I/II (PHYS 486/487), and Special Topics in Physics (PHYS 598 PPC).
- Impact: Recognized for contributions to dark matter theory and Higgs physics, with recent work highlighted in Science regarding the W boson mass measurement.
